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Text -- Genesis 27:1-15 (NET)
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Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing
27:1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind , he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son !” “Here I am!” Esau replied .
27:2 Isaac said , “Since I am so old , I could die at any time .
27:3 Therefore , take your weapons – your quiver and your bow – and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me.
27:4 Then prepare for me some tasty food , the kind I love , and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die .”
27:5 Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau . When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back ,
27:6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob , “Look , I overheard your father tell your brother Esau ,
27:7 ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food . Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die .’
27:8 Now then, my son , do exactly what I tell you!
27:9 Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats . I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father , just the way he loves them.
27:10 Then you will take it to your father . Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies .”
27:11 “But Esau my brother is a hairy man ,” Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah , “and I have smooth skin !
27:12 My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing .”
27:13 So his mother told him, “Any curse against you will fall on me, my son ! Just obey me ! Go and get them for me!”
27:14 So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother . She prepared some tasty food , just the way his father loved it.
27:15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes , which she had with her in the house , and put them on her younger son Jacob .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jacob |
Rebekah |
Esau |
Hypocrisy |
BIRTHRIGHT |
HEREDITY |
PENTATEUCH, 2A |
Family |
Dishonesty |
Deception |
Children |
Craftiness |
Favoritism |
Lies and Deceits |
Greed |
Parents |
Temptation |
Food |
Women |
Death |
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NET Notes: Gen 27:3 The Hebrew word is to be spelled either צַיִד (tsayid) following the marginal reading (Qere), or צֵי...
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NET Notes: Gen 27:4 Heb “so that my soul may bless you.” The use of נַפְשִׁי (nafshi, “my soul”) a...
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NET Notes: Gen 27:5 The LXX adds here “to his father,” which may have been accidentally omitted in the MT.
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NET Notes: Gen 27:7 In her report to Jacob, Rebekah plays down Isaac’s strong desire to bless Esau by leaving out נַפְשִׁ&...
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NET Notes: Gen 27:9 Following the imperative, the cohortative (with the prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.
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NET Notes: Gen 27:11 Heb “And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, ‘Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, but I am a smooth [skinned] man.’” The order...
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NET Notes: Gen 27:12 Heb “Perhaps my father will feel me and I will be in his eyes like a mocker.” The Hebrew expression “I will be in his eyes like̶...
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